Bulk Effect Device Patents (Class 257/1)
  • Patent number: 11943934
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes one or more lower interconnect layers arranged within one or more stacked inter-level dielectric (ILD) layers over a substrate. An etch stop structure is disposed over the one or more lower interconnect layers and a bottom electrode is disposed over the etch stop structure. The bottom electrode electrically contacts the one or more lower interconnect layers. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack is disposed over the bottom electrode. The MTJ stack has sidewalls arranged at a first angle with respect to a bottom surface of the MTJ stack. A top electrode is disposed over the MTJ stack. The top electrode has sidewalls arranged at a second angle with respect to a bottom surface of the top electrode. The second angle is greater than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chern-Yow Hsu
  • Patent number: 11910731
    Abstract: A phase change memory cell for a semiconductor device that includes a heater element on a first conductive layer with a spacer surrounding sides of the heater element. The phase change memory cell includes a first dielectric layer on the conductive layer and on a bottom portion of the spacer surrounding the heater element and a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer surrounding a top portion of the heater element. The phase change memory cell includes a phase change material on a top surface of the heater element and on the second dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ping Han, Philip Joseph Oldiges, Robert L. Bruce, Ching-Tzu Chen
  • Patent number: 11785849
    Abstract: In the thermoelectric power generator, a first heat insulation layer is paved on a partial lower surface of a first heat conduction and insulation end surface; a first electric conduction electrode is arranged on a lower surface of the first heat conduction layer and a lower surface of the first heat conduction and insulation end surface; a second electric conduction electrode is arranged opposite to the first electric conduction electrode and adaptive to the first electric conduction electrode; a thermoelectric component includes a plurality of P—N type thermoelectric arms connected in series; and a second heat conduction and insulation end surface is arranged opposite to the first heat conduction and insulation end surface, and an upper surface of the second heat conduction and insulation end surface is in partial contact with the second electric conduction electrode and in partial contact with the second heat insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailong He, Yi Wu, Chunping Niu, Mingzhe Rong, Zhenxuan Fang
  • Patent number: 11705363
    Abstract: A method and electronic device are provided. The method includes patterning a metal in a first dielectric layer, depositing a first metal layer over the patterned metal, forming a nanowall under the first metal layer such that the nanowall is in contact with the patterned metal in the first dielectric layer, depositing a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, removing at least a portion of the nanowall, thereby forming a channel in the second dielectric layer, and depositing a metal via in the channel such that the metal via is in contact with the patterned metal in the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ming He, Harsono Simka, Rebecca Park
  • Patent number: 11682626
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die, an encapsulant over a front-side surface of the die, a redistribution structure on the encapsulant, a thermal module coupled to the back-side surface of the die, and a bolt extending through the redistribution structure and the thermal module. The die includes a chamfered corner. The bolt is adjacent to the chamfered corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Wei-Kang Hsieh, Shih-Wei Chen, Tin-Hao Kuo, Hao-Yi Tsai
  • Patent number: 11527715
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first surface that is closest to the active layer and a second surface that is farthest from the active layer, a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the first surface is smaller than a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the second surface, the active layer includes a first region, which vertically overlaps the first surface, and a second region outside the first region, and a thickness of the active layer in the first region is smaller than a thickness of the active layer in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: VMEMORY CORP.
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Son, Jong Yeog Son
  • Patent number: 11515953
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signaling from a base station and may pass the signaling through one or more low noise amplifiers (LNAs) at a receiver of the UE. The UE may determine a saturation threshold at the one or more LNAs is exceeded. The UE may transmit an indication to the base station that the saturation threshold is exceeded. The base station may send additional signaling to the UE whose content, schedule, or configuration is responsive to the indication that the saturation threshold is exceeded. The UE may process the additional signaling using a digital linearizer at a receive chain of the UE. A base station may indicate an LNA saturation state to a UE in advance. The UE may respond to the indication (e.g., by setting LNA and digital linearizer states to accommodate predicted saturation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Igor Gutman, Navid Abedini, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11393832
    Abstract: According to various aspects, a memory cell arrangement includes: a first control line and a second control line; a plurality of memory structures disposed between the first control line and the second control line, wherein each memory structure of the plurality of memory structures comprises a third control line, a first memory cell and a second memory cell; wherein, for each memory structure of the plurality of memory structures, the first memory cell and the second memory cell are coupled to each other by the third control line; wherein, for each memory structure of the plurality of memory structures, the first memory cell is coupled to the first control line and the second memory cell is coupled to the second control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FERROELECTRIC MEMORY GMBH
    Inventor: Menno Mennenga
  • Patent number: 11380580
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method includes forming a memory device over a substrate and forming an etch stop layer over the memory device. An inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer is formed over the etch stop layer and laterally surrounding the memory device. One or more patterning process are performed to define a first trench extending from a top of the ILD layer to expose an upper surface of the etch stop layer. A removal process is performed to remove an exposed part of the etch stop layer. A conductive material is formed within the interconnect trench after performing the removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Huang Huang, Chung-Chiang Min, Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Hung Cho Wang, Sheng-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 11335814
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor chip including a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) and having a layout configuration effective for making manufacturing the chip easy. A semiconductor chip includes a first block including a standard cell having a nanowire FET and a second block including a nanowire FET. In the first and second blocks, nanowires extending in an X direction have an arrangement pitch in a Y direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P1. Pads have an arrangement pitch in the X direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimbo
  • Patent number: 11317037
    Abstract: A light-detection method for a light-detection device including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of read-out lines and a plurality of photo sensing elements is provided. Each of the plurality of photo sensing elements is coupled to one of the plurality of scan lines and one of the plurality of read-out lines. The method includes simultaneously turning on at least two of the plurality of scan lines to turn on a portion of the plurality of photo sensing elements which are coupled to the turned-on scan lines, turning on at least one of the plurality of read-out lines to transmit signals of the portion of the plurality of photo sensing elements, and determining whether the signals match a trigger standard. When it is determined that the signals match the trigger standard, a reading mode is entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Lai, Wen-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 11132276
    Abstract: A network apparatus 10 is provided with a physical layer processing unit 11 configured to generate physical layer information related to a physical layer of data in accordance with processing to transmit/receive the data, and a transmission unit 12 configured to transmit the data to a destination and to also the transmit physical layer information to a recipient separate from the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Youichi Hidaka
  • Patent number: 11127458
    Abstract: A method of setting multi-state memory elements into at least one low-power state may include receiving a command to cause a memory element to transition into one of three or more states; applying a first signal to the memory element to transition the memory element into the one of the three or more states, where the three or more states are evenly spaced in a portion of an operating range of the memory element; receiving a command to cause a memory element to transition into a low-power state; applying a second signal to the memory element to transition the memory element into the low-power state, where the low-power state is outside of the portion of the operating range of the memory element by an amount greater than a space between each of the three or more states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Kamalanathan, Siddarth Krishnan, Fuxi Cai, Christophe J Chevallier
  • Patent number: 11063206
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first liner on the MTJ; forming a second liner on the first liner; forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the MTJ, and forming a metal interconnection in the IMD layer, the second liner, and the first liner to electrically connect the MTJ. Preferably, the first liner and the second liner are made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Wang, Chen-Yi Weng, Yi-Wei Tseng, Chin-Yang Hsieh, Jing-Yin Jhang, Yi-Hui Lee, Ying-Cheng Liu, Yi-An Shih, I-Ming Tseng, Yu-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 11052638
    Abstract: A metal-clad laminate (1) includes a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film (2), a metal deposition layer (4) formed on one surface of the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film (2), and metal foil (6) laminated to the other surface of the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Hiramatsu, Takahiro Nakashima, Tatsuya Sunamoto, Shigeaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11038106
    Abstract: A method may include filling a via opening with a spacer, the via opening formed in a dielectric layer, forming a trench within the spacer, filling the trench with a metal layer, recessing the spacer to form an opening and expose an upper portion of the metal layer, wherein the exposed portion of the metal layer is formed into a cone shaped tip, conformally depositing a liner along a bottom and a sidewall of the opening and the exposed portion of the metal layer, depositing a second dielectric layer along the bottom of the opening on top of the liner, recessing the liner to form a channel and partially exposing a sidewall of the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the metal layer, depositing a third dielectric layer in the channel, and depositing a phase change memory layer within the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Radens, Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Ruilong Xie
  • Patent number: 11011698
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes a magnetic memory stack including a bottom electrode and having a hard mask formed thereon. An encapsulation layer is formed over sides of the magnetic memory stack and has a thickness adjacent to the sides formed on the bottom electrode. A dielectric material is formed over the encapsulation layer and is removed from over the hard mask and gapped apart from the encapsulation layer on the sides of the magnetic memory stack to form trenches between the dielectric material and the encapsulation layer at the sides of the magnetic memory stack. A top electrode is formed over the hard mask and in the trenches such that the top electrode is spaced apart from the bottom electrode by at least the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Annunziata, Gen P. Lauer, Nathan P. Marchack
  • Patent number: 10971682
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a memory device is provided. The method includes depositing a resistance switching element layer over a bottom electrode layer; depositing a top electrode layer over the resistance switching element layer; etching the top electrode layer, the resistance switching element layer, and the bottom electrode layer to form a memory stack; depositing a first spacer layer over the memory stack and; etching the first spacer layer to form a first spacer extending along a sidewall of the memory stack; depositing a second spacer layer over the memory stack and the first spacer; etching the second spacer layer to form a second spacer extending along a sidewall of the first spacer; and depositing an etch stop layer over and in contact with a top of the second spacer, wherein the etch stop layer is spaced apart from the first spacer by a portion of the second spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tai-Yen Peng, Hui-Hsien Wei, Wei-Chih Wen, Pin-Ren Dai, Chien-Min Lee, Sheng-Chih Lai, Han-Ting Tsai, Chung-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 10903235
    Abstract: Provided is a non-volatile memory device including a control logic, a semiconductor layer, a resistance switching layer, a gate oxide layer, and a gate stack including a plurality of gates and a plurality of insulating layers, wherein the plurality of gates and the plurality of insulating layers are stacked alternately with each other. The resistance switching layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate stack. The gate oxide layer is provided between the resistance switching layer and the gate stack. A cell string including a plurality of memory cells is formed by the gate stack, the resistance switching layer, and the gate oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungho Yoon, Soichiro Mizusaki, Youngjin Cho
  • Patent number: 10903227
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second layers alternately and vertically stacked on a substrate. Each of the plurality of second layers includes a horizontal electrode horizontally separated by a second insulating layer. A contact plug penetrates the plurality of first insulating layers and the second insulating layer of the plurality of second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil Shim, Wonseok Cho, Woonkyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10892408
    Abstract: A resistive random access memory (RRAM), including a first electrode, a base oxide being connected to the first electrode, and a multivalent oxide being connected to the base oxide layer. The multivalent oxide switches oxidative states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Marwan H. Khater, Seyoung Kim, Hiroyuki Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 10833609
    Abstract: Until now, the direct effect or the converse effect is used in piezoelectric devices to provide respectively a disturbance force in external objects via electric field or acoustic waves. The collective displacement of the internal polarized molecules of the piezoelectric materials can be used in innovative ways when the direct or the converse effect takes place. This attribute is associated when all particles which are part of macroscopic objects are widely coupled to each other via quantum entanglements and it can generate a distance induction force. Considering this, an induction force can be inducted in the external objects, thereby thrusting or pull them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Elio Battista Porcelli
  • Patent number: 10797235
    Abstract: A memory includes a base oxide provided between a first electrode and a second electrode, and a multivalent oxide provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The multivalent oxide switches between at least two oxidative states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Marwan H. Khater, Seyoung Kim, Hiroyuki Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 10720578
    Abstract: Provided are a self-gating resistive storage device and a method for fabrication thereof; said self-gating resistive storage device comprises: lower electrodes; insulating dielectric layers arranged perpendicular to, and intersecting with, the lower electrodes to form a stacked structure, said stacked structure being provided with a vertical trench; a gating layer grown on the lower electrodes by means of self-alignment technique, the interlayer leakage channel running through the gating layer being isolated via the insulating dielectric layers; a resistance transition layer arranged in the vertical trench and connected to the insulating dielectric layers and the gating layer; and an upper electrode arranged in the resistance transition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: THE INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hangbing LV, Ming Liu, Xiaoxin Xu, Qing Luo, Qi Liu, Shibing Long
  • Patent number: 10685683
    Abstract: A magnetic recording array includes: a plurality of domain wall moving elements; a first wiring which is electrically connected to a reference potential and is electrically connected to at least one domain wall moving element of the plurality of domain wall moving elements; a second wiring which is electrically connected to at least two or more domain wall moving elements of the plurality of domain wall moving elements; a first switching element which is connected between each of the domain wall moving elements and the first wiring; and a second switching element which is connected between each of the domain wall moving elements and the second wiring, wherein an OFF resistance of the first switching element is smaller than an OFF resistance of the second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ashida, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 10658380
    Abstract: In an example, a method of forming a stacked memory array includes forming a stack of alternating first and second dielectrics, forming a termination structure through the stack, the termination structure comprising a dielectric liner around a conductor, forming a set of contacts concurrently with forming the termination structure, forming a third dielectric over an upper surface of the stack and an upper surface of the termination structure, forming a first opening through the third dielectric and the stack between first and second groups of semiconductor structures so that the first opening exposes an upper surface of the conductor, and removing the conductor from the termination structure to form a second opening lined with the dielectric liner. In some examples, the dielectric liner can include a rectangular or a triangular tab or a pair of prongs that can have a rectangular profile or that can be tapered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. King, Anilkumar Chandolu, Indra V. Chary, Darwin A. Clampitt, Gordon Haller, Thomas George, Brett D. Lowe, David A. Daycock
  • Patent number: 10658586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include RRAM devices and their methods of fabrication. In an embodiment, a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell includes a conductive interconnect disposed in a dielectric layer above a substrate. An RRAM device is coupled to the conductive interconnect. An RRAM memory includes a bottom electrode disposed above the conductive interconnect and on a portion of the dielectric layer. A conductive layer is formed on the bottom electrode layer. The conductive layer is separate and distinct from the bottom electrode layer. The conductive layer further includes a material that is different from the bottom electrode layer. A switching layer is formed on the conductive layer. An oxygen exchange layer is formed on the switching layer and a top electrode is formed on the oxygen exchange layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James S. Clarke, Ravi Pillarisetty, Uday Shah, Tejaswi K. Indukuri, Niloy Mukherjee, Elijah V. Karpov, Prashant Majhi
  • Patent number: 10620155
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided is a higher sensitive biosensor, in which a trace amount of non-invasively collected body fluid sample can be used, and even in a case where such a trace amount of sample is used, or even in a case where the concentration of an object substance to be measured in a sample is low, the object substance can be measured with high accuracy. [Solution] A biosensor 100 for measuring an object substance contained in a body fluid comprises: a molecule identification member 110 which is permeable to the body fluid, and has a molecule identification element 113 that can interact with the object substance contained in the permeated body fluid; and a detection element 120, which is connectable with the molecule identification member 110, and detects a change generated as a result of the interaction of the molecule identification element 113 with the object substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventor: Toshiya Sakata
  • Patent number: 10566419
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a stack structure located on a substrate and includes a first region, in which sacrificial layers and insulating layers are alternately stacked, and a second region, in which conductive layers and insulating layers are alternately stacked. The stack structure also includes a first slit insulating layer located at a boundary between the first region and the second region, wherein the first slit insulating layer penetrates the stack structure and extends in one direction. The stack structure further includes a plurality of slit insulating patterns located in the second region, wherein the plurality of slit insulating patterns penetrate the stack structure and are arranged along the one direction. At least one conductive layer among the conductive layers is bent between the first slit insulating layer and the slit insulating patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hae Chan Park, Jae Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 10546633
    Abstract: A resistive random access memory cell includes three resistive random access memory devices, each resistive random access memory device having an ion source layer and a solid electrolyte layer. The first and second resistive random access memory devices are connected in series such that either both ion source layers or both solid electrolyte layers are adjacent to one another. A third resistive random access memory device is connected in series with the first and second resistive random access memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsemi SoC Corp.
    Inventor: John L McCollum
  • Patent number: 10541365
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes techniques for patterning a phase-change memory layer. A SiON layer is used as a first hard mask and an electrical conductive protective layer is used as a second hard mask to pattern the phase-change memory layer. An organic BARC layer is sued to improve the photolithography accuracy. The thickness ratio between the organic BARC layer and the hard mask SiON layer and the etching conditions of the hard mask SiON layer are controlled such that the patterned organic BARC layer is completely or near completely resolved simultaneously with the patterning of the hard mask SiON layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chao Lin, Jau-Yi Wu, Yu-Sheng Chen, Carlos H. Diaz
  • Patent number: 10446629
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming an active matrix display, the method comprising providing a backplane comprising: a backplane substrate, a semiconductor particle formed separately from the backplane substrate and then fixed upon the backplane substrate at a predetermined position, the semiconductor particle planarized to remove portions of the semiconductor particle and to expose at a cross-section of the semiconductor particle a planar surface, and a controllable gated electronic component on or directly beneath the planar surface. The method also comprises providing an LED emitter comprising one or more LEDs electrically connected to the backplane such that at least one of the LEDs is electrically connected to the controllable gated electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: DIFTEK LASERS, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas R. Dykaar
  • Patent number: 10411193
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A hole-transport material including an organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. A light-emitting element using the hole-transport material is provided. An organic compound in which an amine skeleton including two aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 60 carbon atoms is bonded to the 6- or 8-position of the benzonaphthofuran skeleton is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Yusuke Takita, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 10396123
    Abstract: Devices are described that include a multi-layered structure that is non-magnetic at room temperature, and which comprises alternating layers of Co and at least one other element E (that is preferably Al; or Al alloyed with Ga, Ge, Sn or combinations thereof). The composition of this structure is represented by Co1-xEx, with x being in the range from 0.45 to 0.55. The structure is in contact with a first magnetic layer that includes a Heusler compound. An MRAM element may be formed by overlying, in turn, the first magnetic layer with a tunnel barrier, and the tunnel barrier with a second magnetic layer (whose magnetic moment is switchable). Improved performance of the MRAM element may be obtained by placing an optional pinning layer between the first magnetic layer and the tunnel barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jaewoo Jeong, Stuart S. P. Parkin, Mahesh G. Samant
  • Patent number: 10381409
    Abstract: Alternating stacks of insulating strips and sacrificial material strips are formed over a substrate. A laterally alternating sequence of pillar cavities and pillar structures can be formed within each of the line trenches. A phase change memory cell including a discrete metal portion, a phase change memory material portion, and a selector material portion is formed at each level of the sacrificial material strips at a periphery of each of the pillar cavities. Vertical bit lines are formed in the two-dimensional array of pillar cavities. Remaining portions of the sacrificial material strips are replaced with electrically conductive word line strips. Pathways for providing an isotropic etchant for the sacrificial material strips and a reactant for a conductive material of the electrically conductive word line strips may be provided by a backside trench, or by removing the pillar structures to provide backside openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Fei Zhou, Raghuveer S. Makala, Christopher J. Petti, Rahul Sharangpani, Adarsh Rajashekhar, Seung-Yeul Yang
  • Patent number: 10367155
    Abstract: An organometallic complex and an organic light-emitting diode including the same, the organometallic complex being represented by Formula 1 below:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soung-Wook Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Myeong-Suk Kim, Moon-Jae Lee, Young-Inn Kim, Seong-Jae Yun, Dae-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10340882
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate, a piezoelectric layer including a piezoelectric material, the piezoelectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a passive element disposed on one surface of a housing. The housing is coupled to the substrate to accommodate the piezoelectric layer, the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Yi
  • Patent number: 10326085
    Abstract: An organometallic complex and an organic light-emitting diode including the same, the organometallic complex being represented by Formula 1 below:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soung-Wook Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Myeong-Suk Kim, Moon-Jae Lee, Young-Inn Kim, Seong-Jae Yun, Dae-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10319786
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a wiring; an electrode that includes a first portion provided on the wiring, and a second portion provided on the first portion; a first pillar and a second pillar that are provided inside the second portion; a first conductive layer that is provided below the first pillar; and a second conductive layer that is provided below the second pillar. The second portion includes a first conductive portion provided around the first pillar and including a first conductive material, a second conductive portion provided around the second pillar and containing the first conductive material, and a third conductive portion provided around the first and second conductive portions, containing a second conductive material, and electrically connected to the first portion and the first and second conductive portions. The first portion includes the second conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10290801
    Abstract: A memory cell that includes a first metal layer formed over a substrate is provided. The substrate includes one or more complementary metal-oxide semiconductor devices. The memory cell also includes a via device that connects at least a portion of the first metal layer and at least another portion of a second metal layer. The first metal layer has a first thickness having an edge thereof that serves as an electrode for a memory cell formed by the via device. The memory cell scales as a function of the first thickness and at least in part independent of a minimum feature size of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CROSSBAR, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Narayanan, Steve Maxwell, Natividad Vasquez, Jr., Harry Yue Gee
  • Patent number: 10278318
    Abstract: A method of assembly comprising providing an assembly probe, the assembly probe having an end coupling face; providing a droplet of fluid on the end coupling face of the assembly probe; coupling an electronic component to the end coupling face of the assembly probe with the fluid droplet, the electronic component having a peripheral dimension equal to or less than 2 mm in each of length, width and height; placing the electronic component on a substrate with the assembly probe; decoupling the electronic component from the end coupling face of the assembly probe; and assembling the electronic component to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Yazzie, Pramod Malatkar, Xiao Lu, Daniel Chavez-Clemente
  • Patent number: 10236301
    Abstract: A method of forming an array of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells comprises forming conductively-doped semiconductor material directly above and electrically coupled to metal material. A stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and wordline tiers is formed directly above the conductively-doped semiconductor material. Horizontally-elongated trenches are formed through the stack to the conductively-doped semiconductor material. The conductively-doped semiconductor material is oxidized through the trenches to form an oxide therefrom that is directly above the metal material. Transistor channel material is provided to extend elevationally along the alternating tiers. The wordline tiers are provided to comprise control-gate material having terminal ends corresponding to control-gate regions of individual memory cells. Charge-storage material is between the transistor channel material and the control-gate regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin Howder, Ryan M. Meyer, Chet E. Carter
  • Patent number: 10170691
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device including a variable resistance element which includes a free layer formed over a substrate and having a changeable magnetization direction, a pinned layer having a pinned magnetization direction, a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer, and a magnetic correction layer suitable for reducing the influence of a stray field generated by the pinned layer. The method may include: cooling the substrate; and forming the magnetic correction layer over the cooled substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: SK Hynix Inc., TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong-Koo Lim, Won-Joon Choi, Guk-Cheon Kim, Yang-Kon Kim, Ku-Youl Jung, Toshihiko Nagase, Youngmin Eeh, Daisuke Watanabe, Kazuya Sawada, Makoto Nagamine
  • Patent number: 10163504
    Abstract: An example memory device includes a planar semiconductor substrate layer; a planar variable resistance layer disposed above the planar semiconductor substrate layer; a planar channel layer disposed above the planar variable resistance layer; and one or more gates positioned along a length of the memory device and above the planar channel layer, wherein each respective gate of the one or more gates is configured to direct at least a portion of a current flowing through a respective region of the planar channel layer positioned below the respective gate into a respective region of the variable resistance layer positioned below the respective gate in response to a voltage applied to the respective gate being greater than a threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Luiz M. Franca-Neto
  • Patent number: 10157667
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for multi-deck memory arrays are described. A multi-deck memory device may include a memory array with a cell having a self-selecting memory element and another array with a cell having a memory storage element and a selector device. The device may be programmed to store multiple combinations of logic states using cells of one or more decks. Both the first deck and second deck may be coupled to at least two access lines and may have one access line that is a common access line, coupling the two decks. Additionally, both decks may overlie control circuitry, which facilitates read and write operations. The control circuitry may be configured to write a first state or a second state to one or both of the memory decks via the access lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Redaelli, Innocenzo Tortorelli, Agostino Pirovano, Fabio Pellizzer
  • Patent number: 10134983
    Abstract: A nonvolatile resistive switching memory, comprising an inert metal electrode, a resistive switching functional layer, and an easily oxidizable metal electrode, and characterized in that: a graphene barrier layer is inserted between the inert metal electrode and the resistive switching functional layer, which is capable of preventing the easily oxidizable metal ions from migrating into the inert metal electrode through the resistive switching functional layer under the action of electric field during the programming of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Ming Liu, Haitao Sun, Keke Zhang, Shibing Long, Hangbing Lv, Writam Banerjee, Kangwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10090409
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a LDMOS device, including: forming a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer atop the semiconductor substrate and an electric conducting layer on the dielectric layer; forming a first photoresist layer on the electric conducting layer; patterning the first photoresist layer through a first mask to form a first opening; etching the electric conducting layer through the first opening; implanting dopants of a first doping type into the semiconductor substrate through the first opening to form a first body region adjacent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second body region located beneath the first body region; removing the first photoresist layer; etching the electric conducting layer using a second photoresist layer and a second mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel M. McGregor, Deming Xiao, Zeqiang Yao, Ji-Hyoung Yoo, Jeesung Jung
  • Patent number: 10050194
    Abstract: First electrically conductive lines can be formed over a substrate. A two-dimensional array of vertical stacks can be formed, each of which includes a first electrode, an in-process resistive memory material portion, and a second electrode over the first electrically conductive line. The sidewalls of the in-process resistive memory material portions are laterally recessed with respect to sidewalls of the first electrode and the second electrode to form resistive memory material portions having reduced lateral dimensions. A dielectric material layer is formed by an anisotropic deposition to form annular cavities that laterally surround a respective one of the resistive memory material portions. Second electrically conductive lines can be formed on the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Federico Nardi, Chu-Chen Fu
  • Patent number: 10026893
    Abstract: A method for producing a memory device includes depositing a second interlayer insulating film on a substrate, forming contact holes, and depositing a second metal and a nitride film. The second metal and the nitride film are removed to form pillar-shaped nitride layers, and to form lower electrodes surrounding the pillar-shaped nitride layers. The second interlayer insulating film is etched back to expose upper portions of the lower electrodes. The upper portions of the lower electrodes surrounding the pillar-shaped nitride film are removed and a phase change film is deposited to surround the pillar-shaped nitride film and connect with the lower electrodes. The phase change film is etched on upper portions of the pillar-shaped nitride film, and a reset gate insulating film is formed surrounding the phase change film and forming a reset gate having a side wall shape and remaining on the upper portions of the pillar-shaped nitride film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Hiroki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10008506
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes a logic region and a memory region. The memory region has an active region that includes a semiconductor device. The memory region also has a capacitor within one or more dielectric layers over the active region, where the capacitor is over the semiconductor device. The semiconductor arrangement also includes a protective ring within at least one of the logic region or the memory region and that separates the logic region from the memory region. The capacitor has a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the first electrode is substantially larger than other portions of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chern-Yow Hsu, Chen-Jong Wang, Chia-Shiung Tsai, Shih-Chang Liu, Xiaomeng Chen